Monday, June 3, 2024

Five views into the Cruise Robotaxi Pedestrian Dragging Mishap

 On October 2, 2023, a Cruise robotaxi dragged a woman 20 feet underneath the vehicle in San Francisco. The circumstances of the mishap and everything else are complex. But the robotaxi industry was profoundly shaken.


Here are four descriptions of the events and what might be learned from those events. Each is in a different style, intended for a different audience.

Additional content:
  • A video podcast where I walk through the mishap events with Junko Yoshida & Bolaji Ojo: https://youtu.be/OaF6IbYoVHQ
  • Cruise also maintains a safety page. A the time of this writing the big fonts are used to say "transparent about safety" and "continuous improvement". So far not a lot of detail about what has changed and what transparency will mean as they get back on the road.


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